Anybody that things the information is positive isn't looking closely enough. The net is that wages are down, people are leaving the workforce, and the primary new jobs are low paying jobs hence the depression on ages.
Basically if it wasn't for inflation being kept low (primarily due to oil or at least a key contributor) we'd be in a world of pain. Instead we essentially have more of the same. The economy is growing but only in the tiniest scale - essentially we are flat.
No improvement but on the bright side very little is worsening.
The other explanation (more likely in my opinion) is that the jobs created aren't McJobs, although that certainly fits the narrative the media would like to sell, but what we are seeing is a natural result of demographics.
We are smack in the middle of our largest population segment (baby boomers) retiring in droves. On top of that, those that are retiring likely comprise the senior, higher paying positions, and are being replaced by the younger, entry-level professionals or middle-management filling those now vacant positions.
The labor market during the recession for experienced, middle-age professionals was still active, it was mainly the entry level workers (like myself) that were shut out of the market, often taking refuge in schools and graduate programs. This led to a divergence in the workforce that is only now being utilized. This has basically led to a stalling in the career inception for those graduating between 2008-2012. That slack is finally being taken up, as more and more hiding out in school programs enter the workforce in earnest.